Re: copying disks on an Apple//e

[steve@dosius.zzn.com (Dosius)]

"Andre C." <andre123@adelphia.net> wrote in message news:<3EAFF384.FFDAB638@adelphia.net>...
> I've had an apple//e for at least 20 years which I haven't used for at
> least 15 years.
> Now I've forgotten some of the commands and can't find the reference
> manual. I put a disk in and it booted up the machine. Now I want to make
> a copy of the disk but I forgot how.  I remember something like "copy A
> to B" ( I have 2 drives) but can't remember the punctuation. Is it COPY
> A: B: ? or something else. The disk is not copy protected. Can I put in
> any blank 5-1/4 inch disk in drive B or do I have to intialize it first?
> Also how do I do that if needed? What comes to mind is INIT. Is that
> correct? Any help on these questions will be appreciated.
> 
> -Andre-

That sounds like the command on the Tandy machines (backup 0 to 1).

There is no one command to copy a disk on an Apple ][; you need a
separate program.  One (COPYA) is provided on the System Master; there
are many others.

-uso.